SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run oil company said Monday it aims to become one of the 60 largest producers of fossil fuels in the world by 2012 by developing untapped resources an

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES throughout with results of the talks, COMBINES with
earlier items slugged "NK-UNC talks")
By Lee Chi-dong

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with Wi's comments, U.S. envoy's planned trip to Seoul)
By Lee Chi-dong

SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean automakers posted an eight percent drop
in sales last month as the global downturn wilted demand for their vehicles amid

SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rival parties on Monday reached a
last-minute agreement to put a package of 22 media industry reform bills to a

By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak left for New
Zealand on Monday for discussions on ways of overcoming the global economic

(ATTN: INSERTS 'said' in lead para, UPDATES with comments by Japanese prime minister
in last para)
By Lee Chi-dong

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with results of the talks)
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The first talks between North Korean and the U.S.-led

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- Top South Korean and Japanese diplomats agreed Monday
to step up joint efforts to persuade North Korea not to fire a long-range

SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The number of mobile phones sold in South Korea dipped
approximately 16 percent last month from a year earlier, hit by a slowing